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Sedation or Anesthesia Before Cervical CancerBrachytherapy by Antonio Cassio Assis Pellizzon in IGWHC in Lupine Publishers.
Cervical cancer (CC) is a neoplasm with great potential for
prevention, but it is still an important public health problem in most
developing countries, leading to a significant number of deaths in
young women (15-50 years old). In 2012 there has been a total
of 528,000 new diagnosis and 266,000 deaths per CC worldwide,
accounting for 7.5 % of all deaths from female cancers [1]. High
dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) with after-loading equipment
has been used in the treatment of CC since the 1960s, in radical and
also in post-operative settings. HDR-BT has now been widely used
due to its mechanical and computerized control evolution besides
cost reduction. It presents very satisfactory results in terms local
control of disease, depending on clinical stage, when associated
or not to External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT). A literature review
published showed no significant differences between HDR-BT and
low dose rate brachytherapy (LDR-BT) when considering overall,
disease specific and recurrence free survivals. Local control,
recurrence and metastasis incidence rates, plus treatment related
complications, were not different when comparing both techniques.
Some potential advantages of HDR-BT as the rigid immobilization,
possibility of outpatient treatment and individualized treatment,
are the basis for recommendations of the use of HDR-BT for all
clinical stages of CC [2]. Most centers have dedicated HDR services
with a significant number of patients treated as outpatients. In
these services, outside specialized or general hospitals, and even
inside these, the presence of an anesthetic team is not frequent. To know more click on below link.
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